Of the Seas, the Stars and the Weird
(Aye, you guessed right: It’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day again. So, sail out there and blabber like an Old Salt from Scotland who has seen way too much of the Carribean. Especially of their Rum. If you want not to embarass yourself, you might want to check out some ressources for Pirate or at least Nautical Speak first, though. — W.)
Shiver me timbers, what is it with the monoculture of Piratey stereotypes in this popular culture’s fiction today, especially in tabletop role-playing games (which I have spoken of before)? I have to wonder: Do you all really have only such a limited imagination? I speak, of course, of the idea, that “Swashbuckler” seems to be a synonym for “good” Piratey types somehow.
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